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inc42.com Brief 31m ago · 1 min read
Indian enterprises are reassessing whether to build, buy, or rent their AI infrastructure, as the rise of AI agents forces CTOs to weigh ownership against agility.
yourstory.com Brief 3h ago · 2 min read
Hostinger’s chief customer officer Auksė Žirgulė has suggested that AI is changing how businesses build products and engage users.
Brief 4h ago · 2 min read
PLAI, the startup accelerator launched by Mondadori.
Brief 6h ago · 2 min read
Former OpenAI researcher Shyamal Hitesh Anadkat is in advanced talks to secure $15 million for his new startup, Empirical Machines.
Brief 6h ago · 1 min read
AI startup Sarvam is in discussions to raise $300 million at a valuation that could reach $3 billion, nearly double its current level, according to the Economic Times.
Reporting: economictimes.indiatimes.com
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Brief 6h ago · 1 min read
At TechSparks 2026, Zoho co-founder and CEO Sridhar Vembu dismissed concerns that AI could outperform 90% of coders within months.
techzine.eu Brief 9h ago · 1 min read
Nvidia’s talks with Reflection AI, the open-source AI-powered mental health journaling startup.
Brief 9h ago · 1 min read
Dublin-based AI startup Dubsof has raised $6.5 million in a seed round led by a Berlin venture firm.
Brief 10h ago · 2 min read
Mistral AI has closed a €3 billion Series D, the largest AI-focused funding round in Europe, with Samsung and ASML as lead investors.
Brief 10h ago · 1 min read
Clueso, a video startup building agentic editing tools, has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round.
Reporting: yourstory.com, crowdfundinsider.com
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Brief 15h ago · 1 min read
Meta Platforms has released Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full.
Brief 16h ago · 1 min read
Dell and Intel are highlighting a growing tension in enterprise AI: the escalating cost of scaling agentic workloads in the cloud.
siliconangle.com Brief 18h ago · 2 min read
Dell Technologies used its AI Leadership Symposium to signal that AI governance has moved from policy debates to runtime enforcement.
Brief 19h ago · 2 min read
SiliconANGLE reports that Deepgram is targeting voice AI deployment on air-gapped laptops.
Brief 19h ago · 2 min read
Reports suggest Dell Technologies is adjusting its approach to AI sales in Silicon Valley.
Brief 22h ago · 1 min read
Phasis Inc. has built a platform that uses graph structures and “reality layers” to orient AI agents within human culture.
Brief 22h ago · 2 min read
Zocket, a startup previously focused on digital advertising.
eu-startups.com Brief 22h ago · 1 min read
TypeSafe AI and Oratomic are among the companies that secured funding in a week that saw global startups raise $3.3 billion.
Reporting: eu-startups.com, alleywatch.com
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Brief 23h ago · 2 min read
Profound, a startup building tools to track and improve brand visibility within AI-powered platforms, has raised $180 million at a $1.8 billion valuation.
Brief 1d ago · 1 min read
Mistlabs has announced the beta exit of its Ambi AI system, positioning the ambient intelligence app for Apple’s ecosystem with $26 million in backing.
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